17. Healing Repressed Trauma with Chandra Moyer
” God will love us right where we are, but I didn’t really feel I was worthy.”
On today’s episode Chandra Moyer shares her story of growing up in a military family in a predominantly White community. She details what it was like becoming aware of the abuse after more than thirty years of dissociative amnesia, shame, and her family’s denial and abandonment. Chandra also discusses the following topics:
- the power of validation
- receiving revelations through dreams
- fear of upsetting family
- using journaling as a roadmap to healing
- the importance of community
- The #metoo movement’s impact
- reparenting herself
- sex trafficking advocacy
Chandra Moyer is a sought-after speaker, author, and life coach. For three decades, she has empowered women through conferences, healing retreats, and workshops. Chandra is the author of the novel I Met Her Before and the memoir Tragically Taken. She is “four times” military: an Army veteran, Army spouse, Air Force mom, and Air Force brat. Chandra is the recipient of the FBI Director’s Community Leadership Award for her child trafficking prevention work. A survivor of incest and complex trauma, Chandra has overcome insurmountable challenges to become the woman she is today. After her recovery, she became a healer, leading others out of the darkness and into the light. As an ordained minister, she launched a ministry to help other abused women. Chandra shares her story to empower and inspire women to overcome obstacles to be the best version of themselves. She is passionate about social justice and helping others find freedom through hope and truth. A wanderlust at heart, she has traveled broadly to over 40 states and 20 nations. Meeting people from all over the world is the most rewarding part of her travels. Chandra lives in Suffolk, VA, with her husband and fur baby Nyla. Chandra loves spending time with her growing family, a mother of four adult children, and Mimi to seven grandchildren.
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